I am trying to trace an ancestor Joseph Garland who would have been born about 1750 -1755.
I have seen the baptism record on Ancestry of a "Joas" Garland in 1752 recorded in a Dublin Catholic register. All the names on the page are recorded as Latin equivalents e.g. Richardus for Richard etc. There are several other "Joas" baptisms on the same register page. - this is an abbreviation but I am unclear what it represents - is it short for Joseph or John?